~ from the City Office of Neighborhoods The Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) meets on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m. at the Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine St., to continue the discussion of Affordable Housing. Last month, the NAC was briefed on the topic: Affordable Housing Crisis in Knoxville – What is the city […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee’s economy continues to show significant growth in 2018, according to a report released Monday by the Secretary of State’s office. There were 10,709 new entity filings in the third quarter of 2018, which represents a 14.8 percent increase over the same time period last year. This denotes the 28th consecutive quarter […]
On Monday, November 12, poet Natalie Diaz will read as part of the University of Tennessee Creative Writing Series. Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks of the Colorado River. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry […]
~ from UTAD KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee used a balanced offensive attack and stifling defense to take down #11/12/12 Kentucky, 24-7, on Saturday night for the Volunteers’ 17th-straight victory over the Wildcats at Neyland Stadium. “We challenged our players this week that we wanted to have the most rushing yards, and I think we did,” head […]
As part of next week’s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, UT will host events to bring awareness to these two pressing issues. Founded in 1975 at Villanova University, the national event is held at more than 700 locations nationwide each year to draw attention to the problems of hunger and homelessness. Participating groups spend […]
Tennessee Athletics’ “Salute to Service” weekend begins this Friday as the Volunteers will recognize active members of the military and veterans through Sunday. The weekend kicks off with the National Gold Star Memorial. Titled, “Remembering Our Fallen,” the memorial features 31 towers with more than 5,000 photos and will be on display at the UT […]
The public is invited to join the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for a special Veterans Day themed bus tour entitled History in Brass and Stone: Remembering Knoxville’s Military Heritage on Sunday, November 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. The bus tour will be led by McClung […]
~ from Kelly Ellenburg, Chair, Fountain City Town Hall, Inc. Happy Fall Season, Fountain City Town Hall Members! We hope you will join us for our quarterly Town Hall Membership Meeting on November 12th at 7:00 in the Fellowship Hall of the St. Paul United Methodist Church, 4014 Garden Drive 4014 Garden Drive, 37918. Please […]
In the wake of the City’s recent clearing out of a homeless enclave, alongside the tightening availability of affordable housing nationwide, a local nonprofit is leveraging growing community concerns about these issues into informed action by hosting a series of public forums. The second of five town hall meetings – Quiet Conversations about Affordable Housing […]
Hunters for the Hungry connects generous hunters in Knox County with Tennesseans in need Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program is in full swing for the 2018 deer season. More than 80 processors throughout the state are now accepting donations of whole deer to help feed local families in need. In […]